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IIis Excellency the Governor then rose for the purpose 
of moving the adoption of the Report which had just been 
read, and in so doing said he gladly availed himself of the 
• opportunity of thanking the Society for the valuable assistance 
it had afforded to the Government in several matters alluded 
to therein. The principal of these he need hardly say, had 
been the superintendance of the preparations for sending spe- 
cimens to the Dublin Exhibition, which he was happy to 
learn had been effected on a scale that would do j ustice to the 
industrial resources of this important Colony. The expe- 
diency of its being properly represented at all such great 
congresses of manufacturing skill, could not in his opinion be 
overrated, and he had readily applied to the Legislature for a 
grant on the occasion in question, at the instance of the 
Chamber of Agriculture. Of course Sugar in some shape or 
other must, as usual, form the great staple of their contribu- 
tion, but there were minor products referred to in the Report 
which might prove both useful and remunerative, among these 
he was glad to find that samples of Colombo root properly 
prepared had been forwarded ; not long since. Sir William 
Hooker had written to him to enquire whether this plant, the 
root of which is now attracting much attention in Europe, as 
a specific for Dysentery, flourished in this Island. Many of 
them were aware that this plant the “ Cocculus palmatus,” 
of Botanists was dioecious, and Mr. Horne had informed him 
that though both males and females blossom freely, seeds 
have not yet been produced at the Botanic Garden ; he be- 
lieved, however, that it could be easily propagated by other 
means and that its cultivation would ensure a valuable addi- 
tion to their exports. There was another medicinal plant 
which he hoped to see included among those exports at no 
distant date, though hitherto the attempt to introduce it had 
been attended as stated in tire report with disappointment, 
and that was the “Cinchona” or “Quinine Bark Tree.” 
The plants which he had procured had unfortunately arrived 
in a dead or dying state, and although they had been at once 
